I.to sit apart, to be remote from, to be divided, separated.
I. Lit. (only poet. and very rare): “quantum Hypanis dissidet Eridano,” Prop. 1, 12, 4: sceptris nostris, *Verg. A. 7, 370: “ab omni dissidet turba procul Laïus,” Sen. Oed. 618; Sil. 7, 736.—Far more freq. and class.,
II. Trop., to be at variance, to disagree, to think differently. —Constr. with ab, cum, inter se, or absol.
(α).
With ab: “nullam esse gentem tam dissidentem a populo Romano odio quodam atque discidio,” Cic. Balb. 13, 30; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 71; id. Lael. 1, 2: “a senatu,” id. Brut. 62, 223: “a tribuno plebis (consules),” id. Sest. 19, 44: “a Pompeio in tantis rebus,” id. Att. 7, 6, 2: “a nobis (altera pars senatus),” id. Rep. 1, 19 et saep.: “non verbis Stoicos a Peripateticis, sed universa re et tota sententia dissidere,” id. Fin. 4, 1, 2; cf. id. ib. 4, 2, 3: “animus a se ipse dissidens secumque discordans,” id. ib. 1, 18, 58: “Archytas iracundiam, videlicet dissidentem a ratione, seditionem quandam animi vere dicebat,” id. Rep. 1, 38; cf. id. Off. 2, 2, 8: “ab ingenio matris,” Ov. H. 7, 36 et saep.—
(β).
With inter se: “leviter inter se dissident,” Cic. Att. 1, 13, 2: “cupiditates in animis inclusae inter se dissident atque discordant,” id. Fin. 1, 13, 44; cf. id. N. D. 1, 2 fin.—
(γ).
With cum: “cum Cleanthe, doctore suo, quam multis rebus Chrysippus dissidet,” Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 143; cf.: “non cum homine, sed cum causa,” id. Phil. 11, 6, 15.—*
(δ).
With dat.: “virtus dissidens plebi,” Hor. C. 2, 2, 18.—（ε) With abl. manner: “ex quo facile intellectu est verbis eos, non re dissidere,” Cic. Fat. 19, 44: “capitali odio,” id. Lael. 1, 2.—（ζ) Absol.: “de qua (definitione summi boni) qui dissident, de omni vitae ratione dissident,” Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132; id. Leg. 1, 20, 53 (opp. congruae): “cum Julia primo concorditer et amore mutuo vixit, mox dissedit,” he fell out with her, Suet. Tib. 7: “Medus dissidet armis,” Hor. C. 3, 8, 20; cf.: “dissidet miles,” Tac. A. 1, 46: “dissident olores et aquilae,” live at enmity, Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 203 et saep.: “spes incesserat dissidere hostem in Arminium ac Segestem,” i. e. were divided into two factions, that of Arminius and Segestes, Tac. A. 1, 55.—Pass. impers.: “histriones, propter quos dissidebatur,” Suet. Tib. 37.—
B. Of inanimate and abstract subjects in gen., to be unlike, dissimilar, different, various; to differ, disagree.
(α).
With a: “nostra non multum a Peripateticis dissidentia,” Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2; cf.: scriptum a sententia, id. de Or. 1, 31, 140: “gestus a voce,” Quint. 11, 3, 165 al.—
(β).
With cum: “voluntas scriptoris cum scripto,” Auct. Her. 2, 9, 1: “verba cum sententia scriptoris,” Cic. Inv. 1, 13 init.—
(γ).
Absol.: “si inaequalitate dissident (supercilia),” Quint. 11, 3, 79: “supercilia dissidentia (opp. constricta),” id. 1, 11, 10; cf.: “si toga dissidet impar,” i. e. sits uneven, one-sided, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 96 (cf. the opp. aequaliter sedet, Quint. 11, 3, 141): “si duo haec verba idem significant, neque ulla re aliqua dissident,” Gell. 13, 24, 4.
